1. Benburb – an ailing leviathan of a ground, an unsustainable relic of a bygone era. A crushing loss.

2. Linfield – its all about the Leitch stand. Destroying one of his masterpieces is tantamount to putting marker pen over a Van Gogh sunflower.

3. Dunfermline Athletic – despite modernisation a place of history and spirit, and of blood sweat and tears.

4. Cliftonville – edgy and a rather beguiling melange of old and new.

5. Ffostrasol – small and most certainly perfectly formed.

BEST GROUNDS VISITED ABROAD 2013/14

1. Union St.Gilloise – if you ever go to the Stade Marien have a good look around. Between the stained glass windows and the cornucopia of architectural ornamentation you might just find the little piece of my soul that I left there. Beauty beyond all compare.

2. K.Lyra TSV – sadly doomed but effortlessly easy on the eye.

3. RC Lens – going to be renovated for Euro 2016 but as it was it atmospheric with some great ultras.